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Do you have more info on Earth Mars opposition launch windows? It struck me as odd because a western-quadrature[1] alignment is a decent approximation of a laun
by aaron-santos 10y ago
Do you have more info on Earth Mars opposition launch windows? It struck me as odd because a western-quadrature[1] alignment is a decent approximation of a launch window when using a Hohmann transfer from an inner to outer planet in KSP.
The maven orbital path[2] seems to confirm this.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrature_(astronomy)#/media/File:Quadrature_(astronomy).png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrature_(astronomy)#/media/...
[2] http://mars.nasa.gov/images/MAVEN_orbital_path_rev-br2.jpg http://mars.nasa.gov/images/MAVEN_orbital_path_rev-br2.jpg